http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/-t1.htm A Place To Discuss Books & Literature Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:41:47 GMT 10 http://i47.servimg.com/u/f47/11/77/80/67/brothe10.jpg http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/-t1.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/freemason-and-dan-brown-s-lost-symbol-t6520.htm the macdonald I am currently Reading, The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. As a Freemason I felt I ought to read it to know what all the hype is about, and now only half way through it I am dying to know if there are any other Brothers that have or are reading it and what they think of it. The Book Shelf Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:41:47 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/freemason-and-dan-brown-s-lost-symbol-t6520.htm#74258 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/freemason-and-dan-brown-s-lost-symbol-t6520.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/a-poem-t6293.htm PipedJimmy Linger on as you would have done, had I not wanted to end,
Do not pass me by, as you linger on in form
For I am a restless spirit now, a warrior forlorn
A man who lost his way, that ventured the beat and track
Who could never find his home again, or the happiness he lacked

Linger on beside me, my ever faithful friend,
as I linger on in spirit, as my body comes to its end.]]> The Book Shelf Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:33:42 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/a-poem-t6293.htm#71904 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/a-poem-t6293.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/what-are-you-reading-t540.htm Danish_Pipe_Guy

How about you guys?

Best,
Dock
]]> The Book Shelf Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:23:42 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/what-are-you-reading-t540.htm#7407 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/what-are-you-reading-t540.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/writers-t629.htm PipeBrew
]]> The Book Shelf Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:01:31 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/writers-t629.htm#8315 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/writers-t629.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/free-verse-t6383.htm kilted1 I've never mastered poetry that rhymes, when done well it attracts my mind and lends rhythm to the work, especially when recited. I have worked since my early youth (perhaps 14 or so) at expressing my thoughts in free verse or running prose, intended to evoke rhythms not dependent upon rhyme. This piece began in my 18th year and I carried it around with me modifying it slightly and reverting back to the original form for several years. During my first assignment (Army folks would probably ... The Book Shelf Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:46:47 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/free-verse-t6383.htm#72971 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/free-verse-t6383.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/my-pipe-and-tobacco-books-t6176.htm Richard Hester Hello all Here are a few books I have read throughtout the years I have enjoyed every one and most of which I have gotten on the web www.abebooks.com at a very good price. In no kind of order they are The Custom-Bilt pipe story by William E. Unger,jr How to Scratch A Match by Millard C. Faught Pipe And Pouch (book of Poetry) About Smoke by Alfred Dunhill Collectible Pipes by Jean Rebeyrolles Pipe ... The Book Shelf Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:25:21 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/my-pipe-and-tobacco-books-t6176.htm#70589 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/my-pipe-and-tobacco-books-t6176.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/a-new-pipe-book-folks-t4483.htm Danish_Pipe_Guy
Order em' here:
http://www.briarbooks.com/Home_Page.php]]> The Book Shelf Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:07:16 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/a-new-pipe-book-folks-t4483.htm#50148 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/a-new-pipe-book-folks-t4483.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/what-are-your-top-five-books-t3384.htm Aaron
Mine would be:


Sherlock Holmes volume 1
Sherlock Holmes volume 2 (yeah I know, I know)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Master and Margarita
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning]]> The Book Shelf Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:37:28 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/what-are-your-top-five-books-t3384.htm#37748 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/what-are-your-top-five-books-t3384.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-book-t654.htm Rail Man
I'd say mine right now is Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, though Sinclair Lewis' Main Street isn't far behind.

Of course this could change, still got a huge stack of "classics" to get through ]]> The Book Shelf Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:25:16 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-book-t654.htm#8522 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-book-t654.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/information-on-pipe-smoking-t2814.htm SmokeyTweed Hello all, I am not to ashamed to say that when it comes to classifying a pipe or blend of tobacco i am fairly ignorant. I was wondering if their were any decent books that will explain the classification of pipes and tobacco's, sort of an encyclopedia if you will. If you know of any worth checking out please let me know. The Book Shelf Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:36:19 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/information-on-pipe-smoking-t2814.htm#30379 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/information-on-pipe-smoking-t2814.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/one-second-after-t5389.htm shootist51
It is well written and researched and very nearly impossible to put down.

I highly recommend it, but warn you that it truly is scary as .... well you know.
shootist51]]> The Book Shelf Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:24:10 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/one-second-after-t5389.htm#61816 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/one-second-after-t5389.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/fascinating-read-t3534.htm jhuggett
http://www.amazon.com/2007-2012-Building-Excluding-Cafeteria-Restaurant/dp/0497503093/ref=cm_cr-mr-img

Really WTF? ]]> The Book Shelf Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:18:35 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/fascinating-read-t3534.htm#39535 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/fascinating-read-t3534.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/alexander-the-great-recommendation-t5211.htm wintermute Anyone have a recommendation for a book on the military campaigns of Alexander? Good maps are a must. Thanks. The Book Shelf Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:07:22 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/alexander-the-great-recommendation-t5211.htm#59650 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/alexander-the-great-recommendation-t5211.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/my-tobaccopipes-smoking-books-t4230.htm Danish_Pipe_Guy I thought a few of you would enjoy seeing the entire contents of my pipe, tobacco and smoking library. This collection has taken me many years to put together book by book. I feel that it represents the most important books ever written on the subject of smoking.... American Tobacco Company "Sold American" American Tobacco Company "The American Tobacco Story" Apperson "The Social History of Smoking" Arents "The ... The Book Shelf Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:56:52 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/my-tobaccopipes-smoking-books-t4230.htm#47169 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/my-tobaccopipes-smoking-books-t4230.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-poet-or-poem-t2968.htm EJinVA The Spell Of The Yukon. Anyone else have favorites?]]> The Book Shelf Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:48:29 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-poet-or-poem-t2968.htm#32177 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-poet-or-poem-t2968.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/southern-writers-t4836.htm Idlefellow I'm on a new kick; reading Faulkner's short stories got me started, I guess. Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Conner, Breece D'J Pancake (yeah, I know; I thought it was a joke too at first). Any other "southern" favorites or suggestions? The Book Shelf Mon, 04 May 2009 14:18:56 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/southern-writers-t4836.htm#54842 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/southern-writers-t4836.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-author-s-t4381.htm EJinVA A couple to get things started: I have enjoyed reading John Steinbeck since I was a teen. I fell in love with the Jack Reacher Series by Lee Child just last year while I was laid up after foot surgery. Read the whole series(1-11) in a couple of months, there are a couple more out now. The Book Shelf Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:49:13 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-author-s-t4381.htm#48839 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/favorite-author-s-t4381.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/richard-carleton-hacker-t1710.htm Purple Grant What is everyone's opinion of RCH? I got "The Ultimate Pipe Book" when I took up the pipe and at the time found it very enjoyable and interesting. I notice, however thst there's a lot of negative comments about him in some Amazon.Com reviews. Saying that a lot of what he says in nonsense etc. So what do the people of BoB think? are any of his other books worth having (for any reason other than them being basically the only thing out there.) The Book Shelf Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:24:42 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/richard-carleton-hacker-t1710.htm#19113 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/richard-carleton-hacker-t1710.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/rip-john-updike-t3839.htm CPT/VSG I was saddened to hear yesterday of John Updike's death. I've read him all my life--I counted 30 Updike volumes in my library yesterday. He was a fine American writer and man of letters. I, for one, will miss his work. The Book Shelf Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:43:33 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/rip-john-updike-t3839.htm#43036 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/rip-john-updike-t3839.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/hunting-indians-in-a-taxi-cab-t3843.htm Danish_Pipe_Guy A classic book on the first collector of Cigar Store Indians. You can buy it for $1,200.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110290467644&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching OR you can view it for free here: http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/lpqUh1M8Yg/NYSL/111540053/524/80778 The Book Shelf Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:46:52 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/hunting-indians-in-a-taxi-cab-t3843.htm#43122 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/hunting-indians-in-a-taxi-cab-t3843.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/pipe-smoking-in-what-you-are-reading-t3782.htm Centurian 803 I found this in the first volume of Shelby Foote's The Civil War A Narrative. Speaking of U. S. Grant during a staff conference: "He sat and smoked his long-stem meerschaum, appearing to get considerable satisfaction from it, and that was all." Youse guys got any examples to share? I suppose I should say Tolkein and Doyle are off limits but I love them too much to do that. The Book Shelf Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:20:39 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/pipe-smoking-in-what-you-are-reading-t3782.htm#42404 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/pipe-smoking-in-what-you-are-reading-t3782.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/book-row-t3770.htm Danish_Pipe_Guy I'm currently midway through "Book Row" by by Marvin Mondlin & Roy Meador. It's a history of antiquarian book shops and their colourful dealers in NYC. The time frame focuses on the late 1800's through the 1960's...VERY INTERESTING read for folks into the subjet... ___________________________ From Publishers Weekly Between 1890 and the 1960s, a bustling trade in used and rare books flourished in New York City along Fourth Avenue, between Union Square and Astor Place. Although ... The Book Shelf Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:44:43 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/book-row-t3770.htm#42318 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/book-row-t3770.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/neat-tobacco-pipe-smoking-book-t3441.htm Danish_Pipe_Guy I just recently purchased Cope's Tobacco, a bound book of ten of the original "Cope's Smoke Room Booklets produced by the Cope's tobacco co in the late 1800's. I've seen and own many copies of the softcover pamflets but have NEVER seen a bound hardcover version of them! It's a rarity indeed. For those unfamiliar I suggest seeking out the original pamflets. They're a great example of early tobacco ephemera... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200287251368&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=010 The Book Shelf Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:24:09 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/neat-tobacco-pipe-smoking-book-t3441.htm#38368 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/neat-tobacco-pipe-smoking-book-t3441.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/any-nyrb-readers-t3421.htm CPT/VSG Over the years I've subscribed to a number of magazines but the one intellectual essential, to me, is the New York Review of Books. Anyone else subscribe/read it? The Book Shelf Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:54:46 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/any-nyrb-readers-t3421.htm#38137 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/any-nyrb-readers-t3421.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/movies-from-classic-novels-t3112.htm EJinVA I also noticed a movie advertisement for Benjamin Button coming out soon, (I think he is lurking around here somewhere).]]> The Book Shelf Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:41:09 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/movies-from-classic-novels-t3112.htm#34143 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/movies-from-classic-novels-t3112.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/book-title-or-author-t2985.htm mark tinsky Many years ago I purchased a book that I loaned out and never got back and would like to re-purchase. However, I ve forgotten the author and title and perhaps someone else with a better memory who has read the book can supply. The book involved time travel back to NYC in the late 1800 s when many of the great buildings were new. The book was as much a story about NYC as anything else. Twenty five years later a sequel was put out . This was maybe 5 years ago. Ring a ... The Book Shelf Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:29:17 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/book-title-or-author-t2985.htm#32412 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/book-title-or-author-t2985.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/rip-hayden-carruth-t2610.htm Doc Manhattan veteran, critic, poet, and pipe-smoker.

I've been a Carruth fan ever since I was grabbed by the title of one of his collections: Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey. The real deal. He will be missed.]]> The Book Shelf Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:01:02 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/rip-hayden-carruth-t2610.htm#27989 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/rip-hayden-carruth-t2610.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/hedge-hunters-t589.htm Anonymous Hedge Hunters, about some of the larger more successful funds and what distinguishes them from the herd. Good read! The Book Shelf Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:15:28 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/hedge-hunters-t589.htm#7894 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/hedge-hunters-t589.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/arthur-c-clarke-rip-t1031.htm jj1015
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/18/obit.clarke/index.html]]> The Book Shelf Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:35:31 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/arthur-c-clarke-rip-t1031.htm#11953 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/arthur-c-clarke-rip-t1031.htm http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/reading-t632.htm Tom Clemons
Recently started Umberto Eco's "Faucault's Pendulum" and the new edition of Tom Rosenbauer's "The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide".

Wondering what you all are reading. Always looking for the next read. Cheers,

TC]]> The Book Shelf Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:54:14 GMT http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/reading-t632.htm#8350 http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/the-book-shelf-f10/reading-t632.htm